The Learned Pig Project Library Vol 1
- There was once a project to have all the public domain, OOP magic books online in one place, a website called The Learned Pig.
This project unfortunately died a death.
Luckily, someone somewhere put 47 of these valuable books into one larger book so that we serious but poor students of magic may have access to them. Still yet the incredible resources within won't be so easily lost to history or forgotten about.
The books included inside the covers of this one book, are as follows:
202 Methods of Forcing — Annemann
Miracles in Modern Magic — Whitelev
A Few Jardine Ellis Secrets — Johnson
Modern Card Effects — DeLawrence-Thompson
A Half Hour of Magic - Sicnarf
A Real Magic Show - Lane
Modern Coin Magic - J.B. Bobo
Adventures in Many Lands - Zancig
My Magic Life - Devant
Annemann's Card Miracles - Annemann
Our Magic - Maskelyne
Annemann's Buried Treasure - Annemann
Our Mysteries - Sphinx Magazine
Annemann's Mental Mysteries - Annemann
Paper Magic - Houdini
Annual of Magic 1937 - Hugard
Programmes of Magicians - Burrows
Annual of Magic 1938 - Hugard
Sensational Tales of Mystery Men - Goldston
Behind the Scenes with the Mediums - Abbott
Si Stebbins Card Tricks - Stebbins
Some New Magic - J.F. Burrows
Effective Tricks - Christianer
Stillwell's Handkerchief Manipulation Act - Stillwell
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Hugard
Fifty Fakes - Johnson
The Expert at the Card Table - Erdnase
Frozen Alive - Valleau
The Great Eyeless Vision Act - Marko
Golden Jubilee Book of Magic - Christopher
The Haunted Hat - Hoffmann
Here's How - Lane
The Lives of the Conjurers - Frost
History of Magic and Magicians - Burlinghame
The Magician's Handbook - Selbit
The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic - Robert-Houdin
It's Fun to be Fooled - Goldin
Latter Day Tricks - Roterberg
They're Off! - Lane-Grant
Magical Deceptions - Crayford
Vaudeville Magic - Lustig
Magical Notions - Christianer
Visible Magic - Wass
Magical Originalities - Noakes
Weird Wonders for Wizards - Josolyne
Miracle Mongers and their Methods - Houdini
Wrinkles - Bailey-Osborne
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It is a sad situation that a project that seemingly had plans to go much further, ended at volume 1, which almost seems like dying before it had even got going.
This is a very useful resource for all magicians, beginner to advanced. You can guarantee there will be something of use to everyone within so many pages from so many excellent and classic books.
Alas, there is only Volume 1, so I can only advise you read every page and take everything you can from it.
Good Luck!